Boom and bust suicide myths

The Spanish property crash and 1929. With an anecdote of a frustrated rural hanging.

WTF is Lorca on about?

Opinions, please.

Politics as theatre

Thatcher on Andreotti, but may be thought to apply closer to home.

On the other hand…

Why the mob may want to consider murder and mayhem. With apologies to the Archpriest of Hita.

More splendid photos of Granada, Penedès

But still no solution to my question as to which travelling geo-entrepreneur copied the name of Santa Fe from the County of Barcelona to the Kingdom of Granada. I am not sure Santa Fe agrees with me or with having Reconquista romances recited from its church steps, but I'm rather fond of Granada itself, and [...]

Learn those languages

Obese Peruvian male midget standing texting in c/ Robador in front of a poster which in English says: "Going to the Filmoteca? I am a sex worker. Respect my rights!" The coppers have had the street in general, and two buildings in particular, in lockdown for a while now, and men are being fined €1000 [...]

Das Scroll und Scream Kitschin' Kabinett des Dr Kalebeul

Unbreakable reads

Visitors booked

  • Brer Rabid: "pseudo-historic revisionism, ... pack of lies and bullshit, ... Catalanophobe resentment of Spanish nationalism (past and present) apologist"
  • Don Colin: "gnomic"
  • The Pox: "Franco's Little Helper"
  • La Vanguardia wonders whether Kalebeul is a CIA operation
  • Mark Liberman: "a treat"
  • Significant other: "What was that hairy weirdo on about? What blog?"

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Shorts

Alcalde CiU = combatiente División Azul

One from the good old days for Jordi Xuclá.

Why do non-Nazi Spanish parents keep on calling their boys Adolf?

Answer here. A reminder: my organ no longer appears in this feed, so subscribe over there if you want to keep up-to-date.

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